Interview with Composer Wang Jie
Recently, Music Director Peter Oundjian sat down with composer Wang Jie to discuss her Flying on the Scaly Backs of Our Mountains, a brand new piece of music which the Festival will premiere on August 4, 2022. Watch the interview or read the full transcription below....
2022 Pre-Concert Improvements
We love receiving feedback from Festival attendees and we continually endeavor to improve the Festival experience in response to that feedback, in collaboration with our partners at Chautauqua Auditorium. Below are some of the concert enhancements and improvements you...
Pure Fantasy: Anthony McGill, Wang Jie, and Firebird
story by Natalie Clare The acclaimed Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic, makes his mark on Chautauqua Auditorium on August 4. McGill will bring to life Carl Maria von Weber’s First Clarinet Concerto and Première Rhapsodie by Claude...
Tessa Lark: A Violinist Beyond Genre
story by Kyle MacMillanphoto by Lauren Desberg Many classical artists regularly cross into other musical genres and vice versa… …with each style enhancing and enriching the other—think trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (jazz), string player Rob Moose (indie rock)...